Friday, January 22, 2010
Bleiberg unloads after eventful draw
Gold Coast coach Miron Bleiberg has accused the Central Coast of roughhouse tactics and claimed a dubious penalty decision could cost his team the A-League championship after a fiery 1-1 draw at Bluetongue Stadium.[MORE]
White lights up the Gabba
A blazing Cameron White century has delivered Australia a comfortable five-wicket win in the opening match of the one-day series at the Gabba.[MORE]
Pilot dies after beach landing
A pilot has died after landing his aircraft on a beach in Tasmania's south.[MORE]
Rudd advocates new child protection standards
The Federal Government says it will not go further than drawing up national standards for children in care in response to failures in the Northern Territory's child protection system.[MORE]
Brisbane's Indian bashings 'copycat crimes'
The Indian community in Brisbane says it fears two bashings were copycat crimes triggered by a spate of attacks on students in Melbourne and Sydney.[MORE]
Bogus call for help ends in jail term
A man who made a bogus call for help prompting a massive sea search has been jailed for six months. [MORE]
Former PM has pension cancelled
Former Fiji prime minister and two-time coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka has had his pension cancelled.[MORE]
5,000 queue for supermarket jobs in NZ
Over the past two days, 5,000 people turned up to apply for 150 positions at a new supermarket in Auckland.[MORE]
Bomb attack targets Sri Lankan opposition
The home of a senior opposition activist has come under grenade attack in Sri Lanka.[MORE]
Faulkner 'forced to come clean' on pay bungle
Opposition says the Government took two weeks to admit to another pay bungle involving Australian soldiers.[MORE]
Uni not worried by decline in Indian students
A New South Wales university says it will not be overly affected by the decline in Indian students on its campus.[MORE]
Clijsters sent crashing out of Open
Reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters has been humiliated 6-0, 6-1 in just 52 minutes by Russia's 19th seeded Nadia Petrova in the third round of the Australian Open.[MORE]
Clinton speech boosts anti-filter campaign
Australia and the United States appear to be on a collision course on the issue of internet censorship.[MORE]
Clarke, White put Aussies on track
An 89-run unbeaten partnership between Michael Clarke and Cameron White has put Australia in prime position to chase down Pakistan's 274 in the first one-dayer at the Gabba.[MORE]
Doug the koala dies
The baby koala nicknamed Doug has died after being shot with an air rifle this week.[MORE]
Plea for help in fatal bashing case
Police are calling on the public to help identify a man believed to have been in the area where a woman was bashed to death in her home in Perth's south-eastern suburbs.[MORE]
Perfect Murray breezes into fourth round
Andy Murray maintained his flawless Australian Open form by advancing to the fourth round with a straight sets win over Frenchman Florent Serra on Friday.[MORE]
Abbott holds tough line on boat arrivals
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says asylum seekers must be deterred from trying to reach Australia by boat as "a matter of principle", regardless of how many immigrants Australia can take.[MORE]
Out-of-control bushfire in Hunter
A bushfire is burning out of control in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, but the immediate threat to homes has eased.[MORE]
Teacher boycott looms
A boycott of national literacy and numeracy testing for primary school students in W-A is one step closer. [MORE]
53 arrested at Big Day Out
It has been a busy day for authorities at Big Day Out, with police making a number of arrests.[MORE]
Afridi propels Pakistan to 274
Shahid Afridi lived up to his name as one of the game's biggest hitters with his late cameo helping Pakistan to a competitive 274 in the first one-dayer against Australia at the Gabba.[MORE]
Rudd defends progress on Indigenous housing
The Prime Minister has been unable to explain why the Government's $672 million remote Indigenous housing program in the Northern Territory still has not delivered any new houses.[MORE]
Phone lines down at Royal Darwin Hospital
Royal Darwin Hospital says its phone network has gone down this afternoon and people are unable to call in or out from the facility.[MORE]
Second road fatality in less than 24 hours
A man has died in a car rollover on the Stuart Highway south of Alice Springs - the second road fatality in less than 24 hours.[MORE]
